Pop 'n' Mento - Jolly Boys

Advantages: Nice beat, good tune.
Disadvantages: Video

...Well where can i start? Heard this played on Top Of The Pops and didn't really like it. Then i heard it again and i thought it was ok and now i love it, after hearing it about 5 times it has really grown on me and i find myself playing it all the time and singing along. The video is really something must have cost a lot to make, but being N'Sync it woukd have been hardly anything to them. Although the video does look expensive i don't really like it i think it's very 'sad' lol! The song itself is just what they promised still their trademark pop but very dancey as well which is just what was needed to make N'Sync seem a bit more 'fresh'. A lot of pop bands are turning to a more dancey sort of song.... Read review

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Advantages: Gritty, raw and original.
Disadvantages: None!

...and lyrics to The Beatles, more specificially Paul McCartney's way with words, and Paul Weller respectively. The Ordinary Boys don't seem placeable into one particular genre, with their influences dictating their sound towards ska and punk, but the bare bones of their structuring likened to BritPop or Rock n Roll. Their most recent single Boys Will Be Boys (currently situated at No. 3 in the charts) is akin to the Kaiser Chiefs " I Predict A Riot" in some respects. The single denotes the kind of rebellious animosity towards rigidity and political values, and a defiant streak of self-definition and identity. Brassbound- A Critique or Appraisal? I've only heard a couple of tracks from the first album "Over The Counter Culture", but from what I distinguished the difference between that and BrassBound is clearly identifiable. "Over... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of hits from the late 1990s
Disadvantages: The usual odd songs you don't like or can't even remember!

..." a light rock song by the New Radicals who wrote other hits such as "On The Horizon" with Melanie C and "Life Is a Rollercoaster" for Ronan Keating. I also love the N Sync track, which reached Number 40 on the UK charts in 1997 from what I remember. The rest of the tracks I either like or can't remember to be honest, even after I'd heard them again! The album is essentially pure pop but there are some dance artistes in there eg Apollo 440 and Fat Boy Slim. Representing the tailend of the Britpop era are Catatonia and Stereophonics. The cassette cover is a bright kaleidoscope of colour. It has "Fat Pop Hits" in blue writing against a spangly red and green background. Overall, this is an odd compilation, even for the time. There are mainly big hits of 1999 and some earlier 1990s songs. I think it may be good for nostaligia... Read review

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